1997 Benson & Hedges Cup

1997 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(50 overs per innings)

Champions Surrey (2nd title)
Participants 22
Matches played 57
Most runs 384 Alec Stewart (Surrey)[1]
Most wickets 17 Matthew Fleming (Kent)[2]

The 1997 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-sixth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 28 April and 12 July 1997.[3]

The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club for the second time, defeating Surrey County Cricket Club by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's on 12 July 1997.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Yorkshire 5 4 1 0 0 8 16.132
Warwickshire 5 3 2 0 0 6 15.220
Derbyshire 5 3 2 0 0 6 2.689
Lancashire 5 3 2 0 0 6 -1.503
Worcestershire 5 2 3 0 0 4 -3.896
Minor Counties 5 0 5 0 0 0 -28.565

Source:[4]

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Leicestershire 4 3 1 0 0 6 18.149
Northamptonshire 4 3 1 0 0 6 9.131
Durham 4 2 2 0 0 4 14.744
Nottinghamshire 4 1 2 0 1 3 -12.968
Scotland 4 0 3 0 1 1 -51.265

Source:[4]

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Kent 5 4 0 1 0 9 9.850
Surrey 5 4 1 0 0 8 21.192
Gloucestershire 5 2 2 1 0 5 7.062
Sussex 5 2 3 0 0 4 -0.512
Hampshire 5 1 4 0 0 2 -15.496
British Universities 5 1 4 0 0 2 -18.565

Source:[4]

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts NRRA100
Essex 4 3 0 0 1 7 8.538
Somerset 4 3 1 0 0 6 29.875
Glamorgan 4 2 2 0 0 4 -6.827
Ireland 4 1 2 0 1 3 -32.622
Middlesex 4 0 4 0 0 0 -6.750

Source:[4]

Quarter-Finals

27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Essex
214 all out (45.5 overs)
v
Surrey
215/4 (42.3 overs)
Nasser Hussain 52
Martin Bicknell 3/40 (10 overs)
Graham Thorpe 73
Mark Ilott 2/60 (10 overs)
Surrey won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: John Harris & Mervyn Kitchen
Player of the match: Martin Bicknell (Surrey)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
304/8 (50 overs)
v
Kent
306/6 (49.3 overs)
Neil Smith 125
Matthew Fleming 4/58 (10 overs)
Matthew Walker 117
Gladstone Small 2/51 (10 overs)
Kent won by 4 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: George Sharp & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Matthew Walker (Kent)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
197 all out (46.2 overs)
v
Somerset
177 all out (47.5 overs)
Ben Smith 61
Harvey Trump 4/51 (10 overs)
Andrew Caddick 38
Alan Mullally 3/33 (9 overs)
Leicestershire won by 20 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Bob White
Player of the match: David Millns (Leicestershire)
27 May 1997
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
253/9 (50 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
254/3 (46 overs)
Michael Vaughan 85
David Capel 5/51 (10 overs)
Rob Bailey 70*
Craig White 1/44 (10 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: David Capel (Northamptonshire)

Semi-Finals

10 June 1997
(scorecard)
Kent
206/8 (50 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
140 all out (46 overs)
Trevor Ward 78
David Follett 2/30 (5 overs)
Rob Bailey 33
Paul Strang 4/29 (10 overs)
Kent won by 66 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Allan Jones & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Dean Headley (Kent)
10 June 1997
(scorecard)
Surrey
308/8 (50 overs)
v
Leicestershire
178 all out (45.3 overs)
Alec Stewart 87
Alan Mullally 2/53 (10 overs)
Paul Nixon 53
Martin Bicknell 4/41 (10 overs)
Surrey won by 130 runs
The Foster's Oval, London
Umpires: John Holder & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Martin Bicknell (Surrey)

Final

12 July 1997
(scorecard)
Kent
212/9 (50 overs)
v
Surrey
215/2 (45 overs)
Mark Ealham 52
Chris Lewis 3/39 (10 overs)
Ben Hollioake 98
Mark Ealham 1/31 (6 overs)
Surrey won by 8 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: George Sharp & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Ben Hollioake (Surrey)

References

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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